NDLEA arrests 252 drug dealers in Osun

The Osun State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its officers arrested 252 illicit drug suspects from January to December 2023.

The NDLEA Commander in Osun State, Chidi Nnadi, in a statement on Saturday, January 6, 2024, said the suspects comprised 214 males and 38 females.

Nnadi noted that the command secured the conviction of 57 suspects, whose sentencing raged from three months imprisonment to five years imprisonment.

According to the commander, 47 cases are pending in court.

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He said the command seized illicit drugs weighing 1,909.69kg during the period.

He said: “Within the same period, the drug supply reduction efforts led to the discovery and destruction of 9.5 hectares of cannabis farms (23.759 tonnes of cannabis sativa) at Ifedayo and Oriade Local Government Areas.” he said.

“The agency had a brief counselling intervention in 79 People Who Use Drug (PWUD) and embarked on awareness/sensitisation programmes in religious houses, schools, motor parks, markets and workplaces.”

The NDLEA Commander, however, denied that Osun State was the second highest cannabis-producing state in the South-West region of the country.

Nnani thanked the NDLEA Chairman, Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), and Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, for efforts to rid the state and Nigeria of substance abuse.

The Star